EVEN advocates of the latest Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between America and Russia admit that it is a humdrum document. “New START”, as it is known, merely builds on previous nuclear-arms-cutting deals, with a 30% reduction in each country’s arsenal to a maximum of 1,550 warheads and various modifications to the inspection regime used to enforce such limits. It is often billed chiefly as a confidence-building measure that will boost America’s efforts to stem nuclear proliferation and improve relations with Russia. It is not the stuff of which partisan rancour is usually made. Yet it is the subject of the first fight between Barack Obama and the Republicans in Congress since the mid-term elections earlier this month.
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More News On The START Treaty
G.O.P. Senators Detail Objections to Arms Treaty -- New York Times
U.S. Negotiations With Russia on Missile Defense May Doom Nuclear Treaty -- FOX News
Kit Bond: Scrap New START -- Wall Street Journal
The Case for Ratifying New Start -- Vice President Biden, Wall Street Journal
U.S. VP calls for early passage of new START -- Xinhuanet
ANALYSIS-Obama's uphill drive on START treaty -- Reuters
The Conversation: Re-'starting' Russian relations with the New START treaty -- L.A. Times
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